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Russian roulette at Pietà

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 09:45 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

Introducing new blood into politics will not necessarily translate into a change for the better in the way in which it is conducted in Malta. It may well signify a backward step through the...

From now on, please scrutinise your own candidates

Sunday, 3 September 2017, 09:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

This column had to be written before last night's Nationalist Party leadership electoral result was out, so it's not going to be about the outcome and it's not going to speculate about the outcome...

Soul mates

Saturday, 2 September 2017, 09:11 Last update: about 8 years ago Rachel Borg

All we need are a few red roses and a romantic weekend break at a wine estate in Sicily to complete this pathetic picture of lovers seeking their soul mate on Tinder.  Find a complete...

Permanent revolution

Friday, 1 September 2017, 11:34 Last update: about 8 years ago Adrian Delia

The Nationalist Party’s councillors will tomorrow cast their vote as to who they prefer to lead the party in the next five years. On them rests the responsibility to send two candidates to the...

The race between friends

Friday, 1 September 2017, 08:17 Last update: about 8 years ago Alex Muscat

The PN leadership race will have important consequences for our country, especially when one of the hopefuls may possibly be the next Prime Minister.  The contest itself is purely an internal...

More women needed in politics

Friday, 1 September 2017, 08:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Miriam Dalli

Labour MEP Miriam Dalli said that more women are needed to participate in politics. She said that the representation of women in Parliament did not grow following the last election, and more...

That leadership election

Thursday, 31 August 2017, 10:36 Last update: about 8 years ago Daphne Caruana Galizia

People in the media, and all of us reading and listening to us, thought we would have a relatively calm summer after the chaos and pressure of the unexpected general election campaign in May. Instead...

Animal welfare

Thursday, 31 August 2017, 07:37 Last update: about 8 years ago Alfred Sant

Maltese people, we’ve been told, are well known for their love of animals. Yes and no. You meet people who seem to haveonly dogs, rabbits and cats as their immediate family, really their...

After Wednesday’s earthquake: civil defence

Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 09:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Carmel Cacopardo

On Wednesday an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude on the Richter scale was reported in the Maltese Islands. As far as we are aware, no damage was caused, yet it would is appropriate to consider a number of...

Patriotic twats

Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 08:35 Last update: about 8 years ago Charles Flores

I dare use the title to this piece for one reason alone and it is certainly not out of any disrespect to people who have every right to hold different views on the issue of the immigration crisis in...

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